Santa Maria, Manresa

In 1000 count Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona, together with his mother Ermesinde and later with Oliba, bishop of Vic, decided to refurbish the church.

During the 14th century, Manresa underwent a large expansion, and a new Gothic structure was thus added above the pre-existing church.

Construction started in 1322, under design by architect Berenguer de Montagut, who had been previously working at Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona.

The bell tower, with a quadrangular shape, dates to 1592, while the Baroque cloister was built in the early 18th century.

The church has a nave and two far narrower aisles, divided by eighteen octagonal pilasters, crowned by capitals with vegetable motifs.